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Awards List

2023

Murder Your Employer
(*)
Rupert Holmes

Small Mercies
(*)
Dennis Lehane

You Shouldn't Have Come Here
(*)
Jeneva Rose

All the Sinners Bleed
(*)
S.A. Cosby

The Only One Left
(*)
Riley Sager

Zero Days
(*)
Ruth Ware

After That Night
(*)
Karin Slaughter

The Last Devil to Die
(*)
Richard Osman

The Raging Storm
(*)
Ann Cleeves

The River We Remember
(*)
William Kent Krueger

2022

The Maid
(*)
Nita Prose

The Paris Apartment
(*)
Lucy Foley

City on Fire
(*)
Don Winslow

All Good People Here
(*)
Ashley Flowers

Fox Creek
(*)
William Kent Krueger

Girl, Forgotten
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Heat 2
(*)
Michael Mann; Meg Gardiner

The Bullet That Missed
(*)
Richard Osman

The Butcher and The Wren
(*)
Alaina Urquhart

A World of Curiosities
(*)
Louise Penny

2021

While Justice Sleeps
(*)
Stacey Abrams

The Maidens
(*)
Alex Michaelides

False Witness
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Clark and Division
(*)
Naomi Hirahara

The Guilt Trip
(*)
Sandie Jones

Mrs. March
(*)
Virginia Feito

The Madness of Crowds
(*)
Louise Penny

The Heron's Cry
(*)
Ann Cleeves

The Man Who Died Twice
(*)
Richard Osman

Silverview
(*)
John Le Carre

2020

Heaven, My Home
(*)
Attica Locke

The Long Call
(*)
Ann Cleeves

The Boy from the Woods
(*)
Harlan Coben

All the Devils Are Here
(*)
Louise Penny

One by One
(*)
Ruth Ware

Squeeze Me
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

The Thursday Murder Club
(*)
Richard Osman

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

The Butchers' Blessing
(*)
Ruth Gilligan

2019

Cemetery Road
(*)
Greg Iles

Lady in the Lake
(*)
Laura Lippman

The Bitterroots
(*)
C.J. Box

A Better Man
(*)
Louise Penny

This Tender Land
(*)
William Kent Krueger

Blue Moon
(*)
Lee Child

The Guardians
(*)
John Grisham

The Night Fire
(*)
Michael Connelly

A Minute to Midnight
(*)
David Baldacci

2018

Robicheaux
(*)
James Lee Burke

The Woman in the Window
(*)
A.J. Finn

The Escape Artist
(*)
Brad Meltzer

After Anna
(*)
Lisa Scottoline

The Disappeared
(*)
C.J. Box

The Outsider
(*)
Stephen King

The Death of Mrs. Westaway
(*)
Ruth Ware

The President Is Missing
(*)
James Patterson; Bill Clinton

The Other Woman
(*)
Daniel Silva

Lethal White
(*)
Robert Galbraith

Mycroft and Sherlock
(*)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Anna Waterhouse

The Reckoning
(*)
John Grisham

Dark Sacred Night
(*)
Michael Connelly

Long Road to Mercy
(*)
David Baldacci

Kingdom of the Blind
(*)
Louise Penny

2017

Mississippi Blood
(*)
Greg Iles

Vicious Circle
(*)
C.J. Box

Earthly Remains
(*)
Donna Leon

Since We Fell
(*)
Dennis Lehane

Magpie Murders
(*)
Anthony Horowitz

The Breakdown
(*)
B.A. Paris

Watch Me Disappear
(*)
Janelle Brown

The Good Daughter
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Y Is for Yesterday
(*)
Sue Grafton

The Child Finder
(*)
Rene Denfeld

The Cuban Affair
(*)
Nelson DeMille

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
(*)
David Lagercrantz

Glass Houses
(*)
Louise Penny

A Legacy of Spies
(*)
John Le Carre

The Dark Lake
(*)
Sarah Bailey

Deep Freeze
(*)
John Sandford

Don't Let Go
(*)
Harlan Coben

Origin
(*)
Dan Brown

The Rooster Bar
(*)
John Grisham

The Stolen Marriage
(*)
Diane Chamberlain

End Game
(*)
David Baldacci

Hardcore Twenty-Four
(*)
Janet Evanovich

Heather, the Totality
(*)
Matthew Weiner

The Midnight Line
(*)
Lee Child

Two Kinds of Truth
(*)
Michael Connelly

Award Categories

Christian Children's Books

Fantasy

Fiction

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels & Comics

Horror

Literary Fiction

Manga

Mysteries & Thrillers

Picture Books

Romance Novels

Science Fiction

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Young Adult Books

Young Adult SF & Fantasy

Young Reader Graphic Novels

Young Reader's Books

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017